A Tontitown man arrested in July for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting police officers as part of a negotiated agreement with federal authorities.
David Michael Camden, 45, is to cooperate with the government as part of a plea agreement in which other charges against him would not be prosecuted. The agreement is not binding on Judge Tanya S. Chutkan who will sentence Camden on Jan. 10 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
The offense carries a maximum penalty of eight years in prison, a $250,000 fine and supervised release of up to three years.
Camden was charged with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers and civil disorder. He also was charged with several misdemeanors, including engaging in physical violence in an unrestricted building or grounds; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive content in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and, an act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings.
You can read more about the case in this U.S. attorney’s news release.
Prosecutors have said Camden shouted at police officers outside the Capitol and pushed a bicycle rack barricade into a line of officers. That same day, Camden allegedly deployed a fire extinguisher toward a police line.
“Camden later moved to a media tower assembled for the upcoming inauguration, and once he arrived at the media tower, Camden climbed the tower and waved a ‘Three Percenters’ flag above the mob of rioters,” according to prosecutors. “Three Percenters” is a reference to a far-right, anti-government militia.
Rioters were protesting certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory over then-President Donald Trump.
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